| The Atmospheric Physics Group has a strong research activity in atmosphere-ocean dynamics. Professors Moore, Peltier and Shepherd all have research programs in this area, in addition to their activities in climate dynamics, and the subject is covered in the Atmospheric Physics Foundation Course as well as the follow-on Advanced Atmospheric Dynamics course, both offered every year.
Atmosphere-ocean dynamics refers to the fundamental fluid dynamics of rotating, stratified, nearly inviscid fluids. The group's activities include analytical studies as well as the use of a hierarchy of numerical analysis methods and simulation models.
Research topics include baroclinic instability, mixing and turbulence, convection, balanced dynamics, general circulation dynamics, mesoscale dynamics, data assimilation, air-sea interaction, middle atmosphere dynamics, ocean circulation, and Hamiltonian geophysical fluid dynamics.
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